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Tchaikovsky Saturday, January 9, 2021 7:30 PM Livestreamed from Universal Preservation Hall Saratoga Springs,

David Alan Miller, conductor

Welcome to the Albany ’s 2020-21 Season Re-Imagined!

The one thing I have missed more than anything else during the past few months has been spending time with you and our brilliant Albany Symphony musicians, discovering, exploring, and celebrating great musical works together. Our musicians and I are thrilled to be back at work, bringing you established masterpieces and gorgeous new works in the comfort and convenience of your own home. Originally conceived to showcase triumph over adversity, inspired by the example of Beethoven and his big birthday in December, our season’s programming continues to shine a light on the ways musical visionaries create great art through every season of life. We hope that each program uplifts and inspires you, and brings you some respite from the day-to-day worries of this uncertain world.

It is always an honor to stand before you with our extraordinarily gifted musicians, even if we are now doing it virtually. Thank you so much for being with us; we have a glorious season of life- affirming, deeply moving music ahead.

David Alan Miller Heinrich Medicus Music Director

Tchaikovsky Serenade

Saturday, January 9, 2021 | 7:30 PM Livestreamed from Universal Preservation Hall

David Alan Miller, conductor

Jessie Montgomery Banner (b. 1981)

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Caroline Shaw Entr’acte (b. 1982)

George Walker Lyric for Strings (1922-2018)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Serenade for String in , Op. 48 (1840-1893) I. Pezzo in forma di II. Walzer III. Élégie IV. Finale (Tema Russo)

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VIOLIN I VIOLA Jamecyn Morey Daniel Brye Paula Oakes Dana Huyge Amanda Brin Ting-Ying Chang-Chien Sooyeon Kim Hannah Levinson Kae Nakano

CELLO II Erica Pickhardt Mitsuko Suzuki Matthew Capobianco Emily Frederick Hikaru Tamaki Harriet Welther Ouisa Fohrhaltz BASS

Bradley Aikman Luke Baker Taylor Abbitt

Tchaikovsky Serenade – Program Notes

The title of tonight’s concert may allude to Tchaikovsky (and you can’t go wrong with Tchaikovsky), but isn’t it great that the new year is kicking off with new sounds? Even though we know the music of Sibelius, there are probably few who are familiar with this particular work. And what a pleasure it will be to hear the 20th- and 21st century voices of Montgomery, Shaw, and Walker. Welcome, MMXXI!

Jessie Montgomery

Jessie Montgomery is an acclaimed composer, violinist, and educator. She is the recipient of the Award from the ASCAP Foundation, and works are performed frequently around the world by leading musicians and ensembles. Her music interweaves with elements of vernacular music, improvisation, language, and social justice, placing her squarely as one of the most relevant interpreters of 21st-century American sound and experience. Her profoundly felt works have been described as “turbulent, wildly colorful and exploding with life” (The Washington Post).

Photo by Jiyang Chen Jessie was born and raised in Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the 1980s during a time when the neighborhood was at a major turning point in its history. Artists gravitated to the hotbed of artistic experimentation and community development. Her parents – her father a musician, her mother a theater artist and storyteller – were engaged in the activities of the neighborhood and regularly brought Jessie to rallies, performances, and parties where neighbors, activists, and artists gathered to celebrate and support the movements of the time. It is from this unique experience that Jessie has created a life that merges composing, performance, education, and advocacy.

Since 1999, Jessie has been affiliated with The Sphinx Organization, which supports young African- American and Latinx string players. She currently serves as composer-in-residence for the Sphinx Virtuosi, the Organization’s flagship professional touring ensemble. She was a two-time laureate of the annual Sphinx Competition and was awarded a generous MPower grant to assist in the development of her debut album, Strum: Music for Strings (Azica Records). She has received additional grants and awards from the ASCAP Foundation, America, American Composers Orchestra, the Joyce Foundation, and the Sorel Organization.

Her growing body of work includes solo, chamber, vocal, and orchestral works. Some recent highlights include Five Slave Songs (2018) commissioned for soprano Julia Bullock by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Records from a Vanishing City (2016) for the Chamber Orchestra, Caught by the Wind (2016) for the Albany Symphony and the American Music Festival, and Banner (2014) – written to mark the

200th anniversary of The Star-Spangled Banner – for The Sphinx Organization and the Joyce Foundation.

In the 2019-20 season, new commissioned works will be premiered by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the National Choral Society, and ASCAP Foundation. Jessie is also teaming up with composer-violinist Jannina Norpoth to reimagine ’s ; it is being produced by Volcano Theatre and co-commissioned by Washington Performing Arts, Stanford University, Southbank Centre (London), National Arts Centre (Ottawa), and the Banff Centre for the Arts. Additionally, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Symphony, Dallas Symphony, , and will all perform Montgomery’s works this season.

The has selected Jessie as one of the featured composers for their Project 19, which marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting equal voting rights in the to women. Other forthcoming works include a nonet inspired by the Great Migration, told from the perspective of Montgomery’s great-grandfather William McCauley and to be performed by Imani Winds and the Catalyst Quartet; a cello for Thomas Mesa jointly commissioned by Carnegie Hall, New World Symphony, and The Sphinx Organization; and a new orchestral work for the National Symphony.

Jessie began her violin studies, at the Third Street Music School Settlement, one of the oldest community organizations in the country. A founding member of PUBLIQuartet and currently a member of the Catalyst Quartet, she continues to maintain an active performance career as a violinist appearing regularly with her own ensembles, as well as with the Silkroad Ensemble and Sphinx Virtuosi.

Jessie’s teachers and mentors include Sally Thomas, Ann Setzer, Alice Kanack, Joan Tower, , Mark Suozzo, Ira Newborn, and Laura Kaminsky. She holds degrees from the and New York University and is currently a Graduate Fellow in Music Composition at Princeton University.

Banner – Jessie Montgomery

Banner is a tribute to the 200th Anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner, which was officially declared the American National Anthem in 1814 under the penmanship of Francis Scott Key. Scored for solo and , Banner is a rhapsody on the theme of the Star Spangled Banner. Drawing on musical and historical sources from various world anthems and patriotic songs, I’ve made an attempt to answer the question: “What does an anthem for the 21st century sound like in today’s multi-cultural environment?”

In 2009, I was commissioned by the Providence String Quartet and Community MusicWorks to write Anthem: A tribute to the historical election of Barack Obama. In that piece I wove together the theme from the Star Spangled Banner with the commonly named Black National Anthem Lift Every Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson (which coincidentally share the exact same phrase structure). Banner picks up where Anthem left off by using a similar backbone source in its middle section, but expands further both in the amount of references and also in the role play of the string quartet as the individual voice working both with and against the larger community of the orchestra behind them. The structure is loosely based on traditional marching band form where there are several strains or contrasting sections, preceded by an introduction, and I have drawn on the drum line chorus as a source for the rhythmic underpinning in the finale. Within the same tradition, I have attempted to evoke the breathing of a large brass as it approaches the climax of the “trio” section. A variety of other cultural Anthems and American folk songs and popular idioms interact to form various textures in the finale section, contributing to a multi- layered fanfare.

The Star Spangled Banner is an ideal subject for exploration in contradictions. For most Americans the song represents a paradigm of liberty and solidarity against fierce odds, and for others it implies a contradiction between the ideals of freedom and the realities of injustice and oppression. As a culture, it is my opinion that we Americans are perpetually in search of ways to express and celebrate our ideals of freedom — a way to proclaim, “we’ve made it!” as if the very action of saying it aloud makes it so. And for many of our nation’s people, that was the case: through work songs and spirituals, enslaved Africans promised themselves a way out and built the nerve to endure the most abominable treatment for the promise of a free life. Immigrants from Europe, Central America and the Pacific have sought out a safe haven here and though met with the trials of building a multi-cultured democracy, continue to find rooting in our nation and make significant contributions to our cultural landscape. In 2014, a tribute to the U.S. National Anthem means acknowledging the contradictions, leaps and bounds, and milestones that allow us to celebrate and maintain the tradition of our ideals.

- Jessie Montgomery

Jean Sibelius

The career of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) was curious. Despite the fact that he lived longer than, say, Camille Saint-Saëns and , both of whom lived into their 80s, he did not continue composing music until the end, as they did. For the last 30 years of his life, he did not write music “of any stature,” as one biographer put it. He preferred, instead, to live quietly, reflecting on his career and talking to people who came to interview him or pay him homage.

What he did leave, however, is weighty and permanent. His Nos. 1, 2, and 5 are performed frequently. A few orchestral compositions, like , The of , EnSaga, and , are in the libraries of the world’s major .

Andante Festivo – Jean Sibelius That this piece was played at the composer’s funeral is apt for a number of reasons. Sibelius was a violinist who couldn’t quite cut it as a career, though he wrote one of the instrument’s most glorious . Also, he had written this piece in 1922 for another occasion, the 25th anniversary of the sawmills in Saynatsalo, . And, finally, the lush, simply stated melody, working on the notes of the G-major scale, with the occasional G# thrown in to give it color, is like a long breath, held, in an attitude of prayer.

Caroline Shaw

Caroline Shaw is a New York-based musician—vocalist, violinist, composer, and producer—who performs in solo and collaborative projects. She was the youngest recipient of the in 2013 for Partita for 8 Voices, written for the Grammy-winning Roomful of Teeth, of which she is a member. Recent commissions include new works for Renée Fleming with Inon Barnatan, Dawn Upshaw with Sō Percussion and Gil Kalish, Seattle Symphony, with Philharmonia Baroque, the LA Philharmonic, Juilliard 415, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s with John Lithgow, the Dover Quartet, TENET, The Crossing, the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, the Calidore Quartet, Brooklyn Rider, the Baltimore Symphony, and Roomful of Teeth with A Far Cry. Caroline’s film scores include Erica Fae’s To Keep the Light and Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline as well as the upcoming short 8th Year of the Emergency by Maureen Towey. She has produced for Kanye West (The Life of Pablo; Ye) and Nas (NASIR), and has contributed to records by The National, and by ’s Richard Reed Parry. Once she got to sing in three part harmony with Sara Bareilles and Ben Folds at the Kennedy Center, and that was pretty much the bees’ knees and elbows. Caroline has studied at Rice, Yale, and Princeton, currently teaches at NYU, and is a Creative Associate at the Juilliard School. She has held residencies at Dumbarton Oaks, the Banff Centre, Music on Main, and the Vail Dance Festival. Caroline loves the color yellow, otters, Beethoven opus 74, Mozart opera, Kinhaven, the smell of rosemary, and the sound of a janky mandolin.

Entr’acte – Caroline Shaw

Entr’acte was written in 2011 after hearing the Brentano Quartet play Haydn’s Op. 77 No. 2 — with their spare and soulful shift to the D-flat major trio in the minuet. It is structured like a minuet and trio, riffing on that classical form but taking it a little further. I love the way some music (like the minuets of Op. 77) suddenly takes you to the other side of Alice’s looking glass, in a kind of absurd, subtle, technicolor transition. - Caroline Shaw

George Walker Walker's music was firmly rooted in the modern classical tradition, but also drew from African-American spirituals and . His nearly 100 compositions range broadly, from intricately orchestrated symphonic works and concertos to intimate songs and solo pieces. "His music is always characterized by a great sense of dignity, which is how he always comported himself," says composer Jeffrey Mumford, who, as a music professor at Lorain County Community College in Ohio, uses examples of Walker's music in his classes. "His style evolved over the years; his earlier works, some written while still a student, embodied an impressive clarity and elegance." Walker was a trailblazing man of "firsts," and not just because of the Pulitzer. In the year 1945 alone, he was the first African-American pianist to play a recital at New York's Town Hall, the first black instrumentalist to play solo with the and the first black graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. The following year, Walker wrote his first string quartet. In 1990, he revised the second movement into a new piece, Lyric for Strings, which has become his most often-performed work. In 1996, Walker broke new ground again when he became the first African-American composer to win a Pulitzer Prize for music. for voice and orchestra, set to a text by Walt Whitman, is a moving meditation on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. George Theophilus Walker was born June 27, 1922 in Washington, D.C. to a father from the West Indies and a mother who started him off with piano lessons at age five. At 14, Walker gave his first public recital at Washington's Howard University. In 1937, he entered Oberlin College in Ohio on a scholarship and graduated at age 18. He then enrolled at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied piano with and composition with , graduating in 1945. In the late 1950s, he traveled to Paris to study for two years with the famous pedagogue Nadia Boulanger. (Her other students ranged from to Quincy Jones.) Mumford likes to recall a story about Walker's Paris years with Boulanger. "She was so impressed with his musicianship that she waived the regular requirements she made of students," Mumford says. "He could bring anything he wanted to show her at lessons." Walker's reputation as a composer of works for orchestras like the New York Philharmonic, the and the Boston Symphony slowly grew, but Mumford says Walker's fame was hard-won. "We have a great deal of work to do regarding orchestra programming of composers of color," Mumford says. "Walker deserved many more performances than he has received thus far. Sad to say that even the work that earned him the Pulitzer has not graced the concert hall nearly enough." Walker is often identified as an "African-American" composer instead of simply an American composer. In a 1987 interview with broadcaster Bruce Duffie, Walker said there are two sides to that label. "I've benefited from being a black composer in the sense that when there are symposiums given of music by black composers, I would get performances by orchestras that otherwise would not have done the works," Walker said. "The other aspect, of course, is that if I were not black, I would have had a far wider dispersion of my music and more performances." Mark Clague, who wrote the entry on George Walker for the International Dictionary of Black Composers, points to elements of race and politics in Walker's compositions. "He constructs his music so that the unknowing listener should not be able to distinguish it from that of his 'canonized' white contemporaries," Clague writes, citing influences from Stravinsky, Debussy and the serialist school of composers. "He frequently draws on black musical idioms, such as spirituals, blues patterns and jazz tropes. Walker's music, however, is not a collage of modern styles, or a pastiche, but has its own distinct voice." In 2009, Walker told NPR's All Things Considered that as a composer, right from the start, he knew he had to become an individual. "I had to find my own way," he said. "A way of doing something that was different, something that I would be satisfied with." Walker had a long and distinguished academic career. He held teaching posts at New York's New School, Rutgers University in New Jersey (where he chaired the music department), the University of Colorado, the Peabody Institute in Maryland, the University of Delaware and at Smith College, where he became the first black tenured faculty member. Walker received two Guggenheim Fellowships, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, and honorary doctorates from six institutions, including Oberlin and Spelman Colleges. In 1997, Washington D.C.'s mayor, Marion Barry, declared June 17th as George Walker Day. - Tom Huizenga, NPR Lyric for Strings – George Walker Written in 1946, this work was premiered that year under the title Lament by the student orchestra of the Curtis Institute of Music conducted by Seymour Lipkin in a radio concert. In the following year it received its public premiere by the National Gallery Orchestra conducted by Richard Bales as part of an annual American music festival in Washington. The work, which lasts approximately six minutes, carries the dedication "To my grandmother." This work was completed after the death of the composer's grandmother. He was a graduate student at the Curtis Institute of Music at that time. After a brief introduction, the principal theme is stated by the first with imitations appearing in the other instruments. The linear nature of the material alternates with static moments of harmony. After the second of two climaxes, the work concludes with reposeful cadences that were presented earlier. - GeorgeWalker.com

Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky The music of Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) is indispensable in virtually every genre: (think The Nutcracker and ); concertos (one for violin, three for piano, and Rococo for Cello and Orchestra); (Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades are staples); (Romeo and Juliet and 1812); songs and chamber music; and six symphonies. In all of these works, Tchaikovsky is the consummate romantic. His melodies are passionate; his are colorful; his gestures are bold. Some discredit him for wearing his heart on his sleeve, but he was inventive enough not to be merely an exhibitionist.

Serenade for Strings in C Major - Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky Premiered in St. Petersburg in 1881, this piece for strings only was close to Tchaikovsky’s heart: “I wrote (it) from an inward impulse: I felt it; and I venture to hope that this work is not without artistic qualities.” The first movement, in 6/8, opens with a forthright utterance built around a descending C-major scale. The intensity of the harmonies and the strong stroking create a feeling of yearning. The seesawing between the ascending and descending lines also establishes tension. After this two- minute introduction the sweeping first theme emerges, lifting off from a rocking between G-A. It’s followed by a quick-stepping second theme. Both themes are then developed, playing against each other in spots. And the recapitulation? The opening introduction, culminating in a decisive C- major chord. What a charming waltz by the master of the ballet waltz! The key is G major, the dominant of the tonic C major. Again, the first tune is an ascending scale—sweet. A lively middle section makes a brief appearance before returning to this first melody. Everywhere it’s about phrasing: lilt is created by slight hesitations before the line picks up again. But the greatest pleasure in this second movement is the constant dialogue between the upper strings and the lower strings, as each says something or repeats what the other has said. Delightful! The third movement, marked (lament), is almost like an intimate conversation. The musical term to describe this sense of talking is “parlando.” The intensity of this dialogue is achieved by lines that climb, yearn, step by step up the scale; the delicate under the long, legato melodies; the handing off of the tune to various string families; the lines that swirl around each other, often in contrasting directions. The last couple of minutes are remarkable. Are we at a deathbed: last pain, last utterance, last breath? Hushed voices. The finale begins with a ruminative section, at the end of which we hear the four-note motive (C- B-A-G) that began the first movement. But because the movement is marked Tema Russo (Russian Theme), we are shortly off and running with a brisk passage built on these notes, which then yields to a warm second theme, introduced in the cellos. A development section plays with both melodies until a noble restatement of the by-now familiar opening of the piece appears, followed by a zippy ending. - Concert notes by Paul Lamar

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DAVID ALAN MILLER

Grammy Award-winning conductor David Alan Miller has established a reputation as one of the leading American conductors of his generation. As music director of the Albany Symphony since 1992, Mr. Miller has proven himself a creative and compelling orchestra builder. Through exploration of unusual repertoire, educational programming, community outreach, and recording initiatives, he has reaffirmed the Albany Symphony’s reputation as the nation’s leading champion of American symphonic music and one of its most innovative orchestras. He and the orchestra have twice appeared at "Spring For Music," an annual festival of America's most creative orchestras at 's Carnegie Hall. Other accolades include ’s 2003 Ditson Conductor’s Award, the oldest award honoring conductors for their commitment to American music, the 2001 ASCAP Award for Innovative Programming, and, in 1999, ASCAP’s first-ever Leonard Bernstein Award for Outstanding Educational Programming.

Frequently in demand as a guest conductor, Mr. Miller has worked with most of America’s major orchestras, including the orchestras of Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, , New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco, as well as the New World Symphony, the Boston Pops, and the . In addition, he has appeared frequently throughout Europe, Australia, and the Far East as guest conductor. He made his first guest appearance with the BBC Scottish Symphony in March 2014.

Mr. Miller received his Grammy Award in January 2014 for his Naxos recording of 's "," with the Albany Symphony and Dame . His extensive discography also includes recordings of the works of Todd Levin with the London Symphony Orchestra for , as well as music by , , Michael Torke (London/Decca), and Luis Tinoco (Naxos). His recordings with the Albany Symphony include discs devoted to the music of , , Morton Gould, Don Gillis, , and on the Albany Records label.

A native of Los Angeles, David Alan Miller holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of , Berkeley and a master’s degree in orchestral from The Juilliard School. Prior to his appointment in Albany, Mr. Miller was associate conductor of the . From 1982 to 1988, he was music director of the , earning considerable acclaim for his work with that ensemble. Mr. Miller lives with his wife and three children in Slingerlands, New York.

2020-2021 Orchestra CELLO Alan Parshley Roster Susan Ruzow Debronsky Victor Sungarian PRINCIPAL

SPONSORED BY AL DE TRUMPET VIOLIN SALVO & SUSAN THOMPSON Eric M. Jill Levy Erica Pickhardt PRINCIPAL CONCERTMASTER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Eric J. Latini LIFETIME CHAIR, GOLDBERG Kevin Bellosa + CHARITABLE TRUST Matthew Capobianco Eiko Kano + Marie-Thérèse Dugré + Greg Spiridopoulos ASSISTANT Catherine Hackert PRINCIPAL CONCERTMASTER Hikaru Tamaki Karna Millen + Elizabeth Silver ^

Jamecyn Morey ^ BASS BASS TROMBONE Paula Oakes ^ Bradley Aikman Charles Morris Funda Cizmecioglu PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN Philip R. Helm Mitsuko Suzuki ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Derek Fenstermacher ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Michael Fittipaldi ^ PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN Luke Baker Barbara Lapidus ^ James Caiello + ENDOWED BY MARISA Kuljit Rehncy AND ALLAN EISEMANN FLUTE PRINCIPAL Gabriela Rengel ^ Ji Weon Ryu Brigitte Brodwin + PRINCIPAL PERCUSSION Ouisa Fohrhaltz Matthew Ross Richard Albagli Heather Frank-Olsen PRINCIPAL Emily Frederick OBOE Mark Foster Rowan Harvey Karen Hosmer Scott Stacey * + Margret E. Hickey PRINCIPAL Christine Kim Grace Shryock HARP Sooyeon Kim Lynette Wardle Aleksandra Labinska ENGLISH HORN PRINCIPAL Kae Nakano Vacant Yinbin Qian PERSONNEL MANAGER Muneyoshi Takahashi CLARINET Susan Debronsky Harriet Dearden Welther Weixiong Wang +

PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN VIOLA IN MEMORY OF F.S. Elizabeth Silver Noriko Futagami DEBEER, JR. PRINCIPAL Bixby Kennedy HOUSING COORDINATOR ENDOWED IN PERPETUITY Daniel Brye BY THE ESTATE OF ALLAN F. NICKERSON William Hestand + UNION STEWARD Sharon Bielik + PRINCIPAL Greg Spiridopoulos ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ENDOWED IN PERPETUITY Daniel Brye ^ BY THE ESTATE OF RICHARD SYMBOL KEY Carla Bellosa + SALISBURY ^ STATIONARY CHAIR Ting-Ying Chang-Chien + ON LEAVE Anna Griffis HORN * SUBSTITUTE FOR Dana Huyge William J. Hughes 2020- 2021 SEASON Hannah Levinson PRINCIPAL

Joseph Demko ALBANY SYMPHONY MUSICIAN HOUSING PROGRAM

Did you know that many of the musicians of the Albany Symphony do not live in the Capital region? Musicians travel from New York, Boston, Montreal, Nashville, Ft. Lauderdale, and even as far as , to perform with the Albany Symphony. Typically, our musicians are here from Thursday through Sunday of a concert week. Through the generosity of local host families, the Albany Symphony Musician Housing Program was created. Without the support of our host families, we would not be able to maintain the high caliber of musicians who perform with our orchestra. Many of our hosts have created strong bonds with the musicians that stay with them, creating friendships that last a lifetime.

During the 2020-2021 season, due to the global pandemic, musicians are not staying with our generous host families. Instead, the Albany Symphony is providing hotel rooms for our musicians.

The Albany Symphony Orchestra extends a very special thank you to patrons who generously provided housing for musicians during the 2019–2020 season, and we look forward to reuniting our musicians with our hosts when it is once again safe to do so.

Camille & Andrew Allen Catherine & Carl Hackert Dodie & Pete Seagle Jenny Amstutz Debra & Paul Hoffmann Julie & Bill Shapiro Dan Bernstein & Efrat Levy Susan Jacobsen Elizabeth & Aaron Silver Concetta Bosco Marilyn & Stan Kaltenborn Lorraine Smith Mimi Bruce & David Ray Nettye Lamkay & Robert Pastel Onnolee & Larry Smith Charles Buchanan Barb Lapidus Lois & John Staugaitis Barbara Cavallo Eric Latini Harriet Thomas Ben Chi Bill Lawrence & Alan Ray Andrea & Michael Vallance Diane Davison Eunju Lee & Brian Fisher Marjorie & Russ Ward Susan & Brian Debronsky Susan Martula & David Perry Margery & Michael Whiteman Michelle DePace & Steven Hancox Anne Messer & Dan Gordon Carol Whittaker Nancy & John DiIanni Jon & Sigrin Newell Dan Wilcox Star Donovan Helen J. O’Connor Barbara Wiley Bonnie Edelstein Marlene & Howard Pressman Merle Winn Lynn Gelzheizer Reese Satin David Gittelman & Tom Murphy Joan Savage

2020-2021 CORPORATE SPONSORS

The Albany Symphony acknowledges the support of our corporate sponsors whose contributions recognize the importance of the Albany Symphony in building civic pride, educating our youth, and contributing to the cultural life of all people in the Capital Region. As of January 7, 2021.

Howard & Bush Foundation

Celine & Daniel Kredentser John Fritze Jeweler Courtyard by Marriott Schenectady at Mohawk Harbor

Carl E. Touhey Family Foundation John D. Picotte Family Foundation

MEDIA PARTNERS: EDUCATION PARTNER: This concert season has also been made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, the City of Albany, grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Capital District Economic Development Council, Vanguard-Albany Symphony, and the support of our donors, subscribers, and patrons. HOSPITALITY PARTNER:

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE The Albany Symphony is grateful to the following individuals for their vital ongoing support. Updated January 7, 2021. Ephraim & Elana Glinert PLATINUM BATON LEVEL ($25,000+) Alan Goldberg Dr. Benjamin Chi Mrs. Ellen Jabbur Jerel & Geraldine Golub Edward & Sally S. Jennings Sherley Hannay Judy & Bill Kahn Daniel & Celine Kredentser Alexander & Gail Keeler Ms. Faith A. Takes William & Mary Jean Krackeler Sara Lee & Barry Larner GOLD BATON LEVEL ($10,000-$24,999) Mark & Lori Lasch Rhea Clark Georgia & David Lawrence Marcia & Findlay Cockrell Charles M. Liddle III Drs. Marisa & Allan Eisemann Mr. Donald Lipkin & Mrs. Mary Bowen David & Tanyss Martula Steve & Vivian Lobel Bob & Alicia Nielsen Mark J. Rosen & Leslie Newman John J. Nigro Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Older Karen & Chet Opalka Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Maston Dush & Kelly Pathmanandam Richard Messmer John & A.C. Riley Hilary & Nicholas Miller David M. Rubin & Carole L. Ju Marcia & Robert Moss Ms. Christine Standish & Mr. Chris Wilk Dr. Nina Reich Merle Winn Dwight & Rachel Smith Dennis & Margaret Sullivan Mitchell & Gwen Sokoloff Paul & Janet Stoler SILVER BATON LEVEL ($5,000-$9,999) Robert P. Storch & Sara M. Lord Guha & Deepa Bala William Tuthill & Gregory Anderson Charles & Charlotte Buchanan Malka & Eitan Evan CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE VIRTUOSO LEVEL ($1,500- Al De Salvo & Susan Thompson $2,499) The Hershey Family Fund Mr. & Ms. John Abbuhl Anna Kuwabara & Craig Edwards Dr. Richard & Kelly Alfred The Massry Family Mr. & Mrs. Robert Allen Dr. Henry S. Pohl Hermes & Linda Ames Larry & Clara Sanders Dr. Nancy Barhydt-Rutledge & Mr. Harry Rabbi Scott Shpeen Rutledge Mrs. Jeanne Tartaglia Sharon Bedford & Fred Alm Harriet Thomas Beth & Rob Beshaw Dale Thuillez Dr. & Mrs. Donald Bourque Drs. Karl Moschner & Hannelore Wilfert Peter & Debbie Brown Drs. Melody A. Bruce & David A. Ray BRONZE BATON LEVEL ($2,500-$4,999) Paul & Bonnie Bruno Mr. Leslie Apple Dr. A. Andrew Casano & Bella Pipas Michael & Linda Barnas Dr. Joyce J. Diwan Sally Mott Carter Mrs. Joy Emery Drs. Ellen Cole & Doug North Thomas D. Evans Kirk Cornwell & Claire Pospisil Meaghan Murphy & Nicholas Faso Mr. David Duquette Dr. & Mrs. Reed Ference Nathaniel & Virginia Fossner Roseanne Fogarty & Perry Smith Dr. Thomas Freeman & Mrs. Phyllis Attanasio Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Gordon Joseph Gravini & Beth Cope Karen S. Hartgen-Fisher Gerald Herman Lois V. Foster Mr. & Mrs. E. Stewart Jones, Jr. Thomas Freedman Wendy Jordan & Frank Murray John & Linda Fritze Karen & Alan Lobel Charles L. & Elizabeth P. Gerli Judith B. McIlduff The Family of Morton Gould Ms. Sophie Moss Holly Katz & William Harris Patricia & Kevin O’Bryan Michael & Katharine Hayes Henry & Sally Peyrebrune Margaret Joynt Sara & John Regan Herbert & Judith Katz Lee & Donna Rosen Mr. Robert J. Krackeler Alan & Leizbeth Sanders Drs. Matthew Leinug & Cyndi Miller Peg & Bob Schalit Dr. & Mrs. Neil Lempert I. David & Lois Swawite Robert & Jean Leonard Dr. Micheileen Treadwell Tom & Sue Lyons Mrs. Jane A. Wait Richard & Barbara MacDowell Mrs. Candace King Weir Charles & Barbara Manning Michael & Margery Whiteman Ted & Judy Marotta Harry & Connie Wilbur Mr. Cory Martin Barbara & Stephen Wiley Mrs. Nancy McEwan Austin & Nancy Woodward Stewart Myers Bonnie Taylor & Daniel Wulff Vaughn & Hugh Nevin Sarah M. Pellman CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE FRIEND LEVEL ($1,000- Mrs. Brin Quell $1,499) Lewis C. & Gretchen A. Rubenstein Wallace & Jane Altes Harriet B. Seeley Shannon & Matthew Amodeo Peggy & Jack Seppi Timothy Burch Herb & Cynthia Shultz Dr. Ellen Mary Cosgrove Mrs. Elizabeth J. Silver Paul Davis Virginia E. Touhey Ms. Ruth Dinowitz F. Michael & Lynette Tucker Ann & Don Eberle Darrell Wheeler & Donovan Howard Joseph & Linda Farrell

INDIVIDUAL GIVING:

The Albany Symphony is grateful to the following individuals for their vital ongoing support. Updated January 7, 2021.

SYMPHONY CIRCLE ($500-$999) Marcia Goldfeder Marvin and Sharon Freedman Judith Ciccio Advised Fund Dr. Kenneth S. & Ms. Elizabeth D. Allen Lynda & Robert G. Conway, Jr. Mary Gitnick The Bangert-Drowns Family Dr. & Mrs. William J. Cromie Shirley & Herbert Gordon Jim & Rose Barba Mr. Wilson Crone Susan M. Haswell Charitable Fund Mrs. Ann-Marie B. Pernille Aegidius Dake Nancy Ross & Robert Henshaw Barker-Schwartz Mary DeGroff & Robert Knizek Lynn Holland Anne Brewster Ben & Linda English Martin Atwood Hotvet Dorice Brickman Judith Fetterley Mr. Andrew Hugos Robert G. Briggs Mr. Steven Fischer Howard& Mary Jack Jim Caiello & Ms. Amber Jones Marilyn & Stan Kaltenborn Guthrie Birkhead David & Janice Golden Herbert & Judith Katz Susan & Gus Birkhead Allen S. Goodman Sally Lawrence George Bizer Sonja Goodwin William Lawrence Peter Bogyo Robert & Mary Elizabeth Gosende Keith Lee & James Gaughan Steven & Susan Bouchey Joyce Grogan Marylouise Ledduke Diane & William Brina Frances Gross Dr. Martha L. Lepow Mr. Karl O. Brosch Dorothy & Victor Han James Levine Wesley Brown Teresa Hansen David & Elizabeth Liebschutz Mr. Kevin Burns Holly Katz & William Harris Susan Limeri Carol Butt Katharine B. Harris Bob & Nancy Lynk Kenneth & Janice Carroll Dr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Hart Frances T. McDonald Mr. Eric Chan John Hawn Patrick McNamara Mr. David Clark Robert R. Henion III Alan D. Miller Sandy Clark Susan Hollander Stephen & Mary Muller David Connolly Mr. Richard Allan Horan William & Elizabeth Nathan Janet R. Conti Robert & Ellen Hotz Mrs. Deborah Onslow Jane & John Corrou Ms. Helen House David M. Orsino Bonnie & Steven Cramer Chuong Huang Carol & Ed Osterhout Mary Crangle Marilyn Hunter Peter & Ruth Pagerey Cathleen Decrescente Karen Hunter & Todd Scheuermann Donna Sawyer Philip Degaetano Mr. & Mrs. John & Maria N. Serras Ms. Sharon Desrochers Janet Hutchison Anne-Marie Serre Heather Diddel & Sam House Susan Jacobsen Ms. Ronnye B. Shamam Jan & Lois Dorman Lee Helsby & Joseph Roche Stephen C. Simmons Family Jill Dorsi Laurence & Silva Kaminsky Alexandra Jane Streznewski Mr. Robert S. Drew Donald Kennelly Marie & Harry Sturges Kate & Jerry Dudding Roger & Barbara Kessel Dr. & Mrs. Frank Thiel David Emanatian Frederick & Doris Kirk Avis & Joseph Toochin Hope Engel Greenberg & Mr. Adam C. Knaust Tina Raggio Henry Greenberg Mrs. Margaret Kowalski Patrick and Candice Van Roey Mr. & Mrs. John J. Ferguson Robert J. Krackeler Jody & John Van Voris Mr. Paul R. Fisk Gwen L. Krause Mr. Gerhard Weber Lawrence & Susan Flesh Michael Krempa Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Wiest Dr. Arthur Fontijn Jennifer & Tod Laursen Drs. Susan Standfast & Mr. James Fortino Elise Malecki Theodore Wright Mr. Reg Foster & Charles & Barbara Manning Estelle Yarinsky Ms. Maryann Jablonowski Elena McCormick Nancy T. Frank Hon. Daniel McCoy Janice & Robert Frost Peter & Donna Meixner APPLAUSE CIRCLE ($250-$499) Lawerence Gambino John Mesch Elizabeth & John Antonio Ms. Mary McCarthy & David & Barbara Metz Mr. Lawrence Snyder & Mr. David Gardam Mr. Raymond W. Michaels Mrs. Lynn Ashley Mr. Ronald C. Geuther Victoria Miller Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Baggott Chuck & Sally Jo Gieser Ms. Cheryl Mugno & Donald & Rhonda Ballou Barbara P. Gigliotti Mr. William Trompeter Diane Bartholdi Sandra & Stewart Gill Sarah & Rana Mukerji Laurence & Sharon Beaudoin Dr. Reid T. Muller & Ronald Musto Dawn Benson Dr. Shelley A. Gilroy Stewart Myers Olga & Elmer Bertch Mr. David Gittelman Heidi Newberg Charles & Karen Goddard David Nichols Ken Jacobs & Lisa Nissenbaum Ms. Elizabeth Sonneborn Jeevarathnam Ayyamperumal Dr. Arlene E. Nock Mr. Olaf Stackelberg Susan & Ronald Backer Thaddeus & Carol Obloy Lee Stanton Dr. Ronald Bailey Connie & Ned O'Brien Ms. Amy Jane Steiner Anne & Hank Bankhead Jim & Miriam Parmelee Sandra & Charles Stern Mr. Floyd H. Barber Mr. E Parran Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Stram Dr. Nancy Barhydt-Rutledge & Patricia Patrick Norman & Adele Strominger Mr. Harry Rutledge Eleanor Pearlman John & Sally Ten Eyck Frank Barrie Linda Pelosi-Dunn Jeff Vandeberg Laura Barron David & Deborah Phaff John & Sarah Delaney Vero Joel Bartfield Agatha Pike Mr. James Vielkind-Neun Laurence Beaudoin Ms. Cynthia A. Platt & Janet D. Vine Dr. & Mrs. Thomas & Mr. David T. Luntz Marc Violette & Margaret Lanoue Adrienne Begley Debra Possidente Stephanie H. Wacholder Anita Behn Paul & Susan Powers Mr. James Fleming & Lawrence Christine Berbrick John Smolinsky & Ellen Prakken Tyler Waite Elizabeth Bergan Mrs. Marlene Pressman Jeff & Barbara Walton Mr. & Mrs. James & Marie Bettini Paul & Margaret Randall Wendy Wanninger James Bilik Lenore and Jack Reber Mr. Wolfgang Wehmann Jim & Sara Blake Dr. Joseph Peter Lalka & Dawn Stuart Weinraub Valerie Bok & Joseph Lomonaco Teresa Ribadenerya Michael & Margery Whiteman Sharon Bonk Mr. & Mrs. George P. Richardson Michael L Wolff Ruth Bonn Jill & Richard Rifkin Mr. Meyer J. Wolin John Borel John Roberts Anne & Art Young Mr. & Mrs. Joseph & Steven & Janice Rocklin Barbara Youngberg Patricia W. Boudreau H. Daniel Rogers Dayle Zatlin & Joel Blumenthal Doug & Judy Bowden Mr. & Mrs. Harlan & E. Andrew Boyd Catherine B. Root PATRON CIRCLE ($100-$249) Ronald Brach Mr. & Mrs. Jay & Wilfred Ackerly Mrs. Naomi Bradshaw Adrienne Rosenblum Mr. Robert F. Akland Mrs. Kathleen Bragle Deborah Roth Aimee Allaud Mary & Bob Brand Stuart Rubinstein Dr. Edith Agnes Allen Ann & David Brandon Mr. & Mrs. Steven & David Scott Alan Charles Braverman & Tammy Sanders Ms. Edith Allard Ms. Julia Rosen Joanne Scheibly Thomas Amyot Craig Brener Dr. Linda E. Anderson Mr. Robert Scher & Mary M. & David C. Briggs Shirley R. Anderson & Ms. Emilie Gould Paula H. Brinkman Robert Fisher Harry Schofield Deirdre C. Brodie Suzanne Anderson Dr. John Schroeder Lesley Brodie Ms. Janet Angelis Ralph & Dorothy Schultz Martin Anneling Laura Brodsky Mr. Jim & Mrs. Janie Schwab Susan Antos Ms. Alice Brody Joan & Eduardo Anzola Marianne Bross Howard A Segal Milton Architzel Mr. & Mrs. Clifford W. Brown Jr. Cynthia Serbent Elizabeth Arden Peter & Debbie Brown Dr. & Mrs. Aaron E & Nina K Sher Katherine Armstrong Melissa Brown Susan V. Shipherd Mr. William V Arneth III Wesley Brown Stephen J. Sills, MD Kimberly Arnold Paul & Bonnie Bruno Mr. & Mrs. David Sleeter Jeffrey Asher Crescentia & Bruce Brynolfson Dwight & Rachel Smith James Asmussen Michael Buckman Rosalie Sokol Colleen Burns Dr. & Mrs. Frank Dimase Ms. Diane Fuglein Stanley Michael Byer David DiVergilio Ms. Mary Ellen Fusco Victor L. Cahn Justin Divirgilio Mr. Philip M. Gallagher Richard & Lorraine Carlson Dr. Joyce J. Diwan Robert J. Gallati Charles & Eva Carlson Donna Dixon Shirley Gardam Duane Carpenter Wendy Dmitri Wayne Metsch & Lynn Gelzheiser James F. Carriero Mr. Young R. Do Mr. Gilbert E Gier Sarah & Patrick Carroll Gregory & Gail Dobkins Carol Gillespie Paul & Donna Castellani Helen Dolan Ms. Wendy Gilman Lois & Patrick Caulfield Terrell Doolan George Glikes & Rose Leahy Glikes Mr. Michael J. Cawley Robert & Marjorie Dorkin Dr. & Mrs. Ephraim Glinert Roger Charbonneau Amy Dougherty Gary & Sandy Gnirrep Mrs. Jenny Charno Raymond Dowling Ms. Jordan Gobrecht Mr Thomas Cheles Marilyn & Peter Douglas Gary Gold & Nancy Pierson Dwight & Leslie Cheu Caitlin A. Drellos Deborah & Gary Goldstein Lonnie Clar Kevin Dubner Alan Goldberg Sandy Clark Ms. Susan Dubois Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Gordon Ms. Rae Clark Ethel Duncan Victoria Graffeo John Clarkson Ms. Priscilla Duskin B. H. Green Lawrence & Patricia Clow Katherine Duyer Diane & John Grego Mary Clyne Frederick & Barbara Eames The Greiner Family Mr. Aaron R Coble Ilze Earner Lois R. Griffin Fran Pilato & Jim Cochran Mr. Seth Edelman David & Marilynn Grimm Ann & William Collins James Edgar Robert & Pauline Grose Mrs. Patricia W Corbett Dr. Keith R. Edwards Mr. Robert F. Guerrin Lindsay Countryman Carl & Joan Ekengren David E. Guinn Dan Cronin Mr. Bryan Ekstrom Theresa & James Gumaer Mr. Thomas Crowell Dorothy Ellinwood Mr. & Mrs. Carlton & Ellen-Deane Cummins Herb & Annmarie Ellis Susan Gutman Constance Cunningham John Engster Mr. Winston J Hagborg Mrs. Barbara Cunningham Anne Eppelmann Joan Ham Mr & Mrs. Joseph Cybulski Ari Epstein & Rima Shamieh Henry Hamlin Dawn & Richard Dana Donna Faddegon Stephen Hans Mr. John M. Daniels Priscilla Fairbank & Owen Goldfaub Dianne & Philip Hansen David A. Danner Ms. Rachel Farnum Linda Haynes Hardy John Davis Mr. John Fassett David Harris Jenny deBeer Charno Mark Feldmann Helen Harris Mr. Dominick DeCecco Dr. & Mrs. Reed Ference Mark Harris Carol Decker Ms. Mishel Filisha Kathleen R. Hartley Jonathan Deforest E Stephen Finkle Leif & Claudia Hartmark Garrett & Michele Degraff Lina Milagros Finlan Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Hartunian Reina Kurrelmeyer Hugh & Susan Fisher Harold Hastings Ellen M. deLalla Mr. & Mrs. Dennis & William & Gail Haulenbeek Schanck Mr. Joseph Demko Carol Fitzgerald Audrey T. Hawkins Ms. Joan Dennehey James Flaherty Anthony P. Hazapis Dr. & Mrs. Anthony J. DeTommasi Sid Fleisher & Gayle Anderson Justin Heller Mary Devane Joel & Nancy Fox Mr. & Mrs. Frederic & Madge Devine Connie H. Frisbee Houde Laura Hellwitz Deborah Dewey Roy & Judith Fruiterman Victoria Hesselbacher Larry & Christine Deyss Fruscione Family Mr. William J. Hetzer James C. Hicks David & Diane Kvam Benjamin & Ruth Facher Mendel Phyllis & Stephen Hillinger Mrs. Barbara Lapidus & Carolyn Merrill Kate Hockford Mr. Carl Snyder Anne Messer & Daniel Gordon Joel & Elizabeth Hodes Ann Lapinski & Fred Barker Richard & Beverley Messmer Edward Joseph Holcomb Roy & Elizabeth Lasky Ms. Sharen M Michalec Ms. Terry Horowit Angela Sheehan & Franklin Laufer Mr. Vernon H. Mihill Mr. Charles G Houghton Peter & Lori Lauricella Gerald Miller & Sam House Mr. Bryan F. Lavigne Bonnie Friedman Barbara Hrachian Georgia & David Lawrence Michelle Miller-Adams Lucinda Huggins Martha Lazarus Pat Mion William Hughes Ms. Judy LeCain Mr. & Mrs. John Moroney W. Robert Hunziker Ms. Laura Leeds Scott Morris Daniel Hurwitz Sharon Leighton Mr. & Mrs. Kevin & John & Janet Hutchison Mrs. & Mr. Deirdre & Jennifer Morrow Paul Hyams & Lisa Kwong Frank Leland Helen Murphy Patricia Ilnicki Carolyn & Bill Lemmon Bill Murray Hon. Irad & Jan Ingraham Linda Leue Judith Mysliborski Mr. Thomas Irvin Karen B. Levy Maria Neal Robert Jacon Janice Fleischner & Daniel Lewis Lawrence Nelsen Mary James Patricia Liddle Jonathan & Sigrin T. Newell Paul Jamison Karen Lipson Nancy Newkirk Ms. Martha M Jarosh Thomas Locke Mr. Bill Newman Mr. Jason Edward Jette Enrique Lopez Andrew Obernesser Annette Johnson Ms. Kathryn Love Timothy Obrien Mr. Heath A Johnson Mr. Rudy Stegemoeller Helen J. O'Connor Eric & Priscilla Johnson David & Francine Lynch Diane O'Connor-Easton Mr. Gary Jones Susan Moyle Lynch Dan Odabashian Heather Joralemon Robert & Nancy Lynk Mr. Donald R. Odell Victor Juhasz Dr. & Mrs. Richard MacDowell Ms. Patricia Oleaga Stephen & Shelley Justa Gloria MacNeil Jeremy Olson Philip Kahn Beverly & Richard Magidson Anthony Opalka Mrs. Diane M Karol Marybeth Maikels Paul Osterdahl & Deborah Hrustich John & Marcia Rapp Keefe Claire Malone Mrs. Kathleen M Owens Paul & Judith Kehoe Sean & Mary Jo Maloney Ms. Laura Palmer Carol Keinath Mr. & Mrs. John Maloy William Panitch John J. & Christine Miles Kelliher Irene Marshall Kathleen Patentreger Mr. & Mrs. William Kennedy Susanna Martin Mr. & Mrs. Nancy Patton Donald Kennelly Richard & Anne Martula Lucia Peeny Kent Family Fund Louise & Larry Marwill Mr. & Mrs. Robert Edward Pett Ronald Kermani Theresa C. Mayhew Bob & Lee Pettie Judy & Gordon Kilby Mr & Mrs. Alfred M. Mayou III Henry & Sally Peyrebrune Edith Kliman Mr. James McClymonds Christian & Carol Pfister Mr. Daniel M. Knapp Ellen McDonald Roberta Place Mrs. Nancy Knoll James McGroarty Mr. Richard A Platt Cheryl Gelder-Kogan & Thomas McGuire Henry & Joni Pohl Barry A. Kogan, MD Robert McKeever Julia Popova Dr. Beatrice Kovasznay Ms. Beth McLaughlin Jean & Robert Poppei Geneva Kraus Thomas McNutt Mrs. Diane T Poquette Mr. Charles Anthony Kristel Mr. Daniel A. Meade Maryann Postava-Davignon Ms. Therese Kundel Mr. Sal Medak Joseph Potvin & Patricia Potvin Diana Praus Jason Scruton Dennis G. Sullivan Donald Preuninger Dodie & Pete Seagle James Sullivan John & Jennifer Quinn George Jolly & Caroline Seligman Amy & Robert Sweet Craig & Dayle Raisig Valerie Shafer Ben Szaro Christopher Rambo Elizabeth Shanley Thomas Taber Laura Rappaport Jacqueline & Paul Shapiro Edwin & Pamela Taft Gary Redhead Patricia & Edward Shapiro Mr. Dale Thuillez Mark & Cheryl Reeder Julie & William Shapiro Mr. Michael Tobin Cheryl V. Reeves Mr. Robert L. Sharkey Lisa Trubitt & Spiro Socaris Mr. James & Elaine Regilski Mrs. Dolores A. Shaw Alta Turner Dr. Christopher & Kendall Reilly Paula Shaw Mrs. Carol Turner Mrs. Gretchen Resendes Joanne Shay Ms. Josey Twombly & Dr. Ian Porter Ms. Lynn Rhodes Hon. Kathy Sheehan Daniel & Terry Tyson Susan Riback Jacob Shen Richard & Rhea Uhl Steven Rich Michael & Monica Short Ms. Linda Underwood Mr. & Mrs. George P. Richardson Wendy Shotsky Michele Vennard & Alexandria Richart Mr. Bruce Shreffler Gordon Lattey Mr. & Mrs. Barry Richman Mr. Karen & Kenneth Ira Shulman Dr. Elisabeth Vines Marin Wyatt Ridgeway & Brad Silver Linda Wagner Don Ruberg Donna Simms Larry Waterman Kenneth & Susan Ritzenberg Mr. & Mrs. Manfred A. Simon Lois D. Webb Dr. George Robinson Cathy Sims - O'Neil & Jack O'Neil Jerry & Elizabeth Weiss Eric S. Roccario, MD Diana Skelly Ms. Sharon A Wesley Mr. Havidan Rodriguez Dr. & Mrs. Arnold Slowe Harry & Connie Wilbur Ann And Mark Rogan Mr. Steve & Marilyn Smith Barbara & Stephen Wiley Marilyn & Roger Rooney John Smith Frederick & Winnie Wilhelm Rosemarie V. Rosen Barbara L. Smith Elizabeth F. Williams Anne & Harry Rosenfeld Louis Solano Stephen & Carolyn Wilson Beth Rosenzweig Mr. Norman Solomon Elliott & Lisa Wilson John Ryan Joyce A. Soltis Margaret Wilson Margaret M. Ryan Euan F.C. & Patricia Somerscales Paul Wing John Ryan Mrs. Sue St. Amour Linda Winslow Mr. William D. Salluzzo Donald and Morag Stauffer Russell Wise & Ann Alles Alan & Leizbeth Sanders John Matthew Staugaitis Frank & Beth Woods Robert Sanders Ms. Jean Stevens Austin & Nancy Woodward Paul & Kristine Santilli Margaret Stevens Bonnie Taylor & Daniel Wulff Mary Kay Sawyer William Stewart & Irene Wynnyczuk Henry Scarton Rose Mary Kingsley Dr. Shelley M. Zansky Peg & Bob Schalit Ann L. Stewart Mr. & Mrs. G. William Zautner Lois & Barry Scherer Dr. Doris A. Stoll Michael & Barbara Zavisky Dr. Harvey & Happy Scherer Howard & Margaret Stoner Michael & Katherine Zdeb Dominic Scialdone Hon. & Mrs. Larry G Storch Julia Zhu Kendra Schieber Katherine Storms Patrick & Mary Ziegler Jackie Scholten Mr. & Mrs. Martin Strnad Mr. & Mrs. Alice Schrade Erica Stupp Martha Schroeder Dr. Erica M. Sufrin

IN HONOR, CELEBRATION, & MEMORY As of January 7, 2020

In Memory of Neil C. Brown, Jr. In Loving Memory of Frederick S. deBeer, Jr. Thomas Cheles David Scott Allen John Davis Elsa G. DeBeer Dominick DeCecco Adelaide Muhlfelder Robert & Pauline Grose Gary Jones In Honor of Dr. Gustave Eisemann Elinor & Michael Kelliher Alan Goldberg

Kersten Lorcher & Sylvia Brown In Honor of Marisa Eisemann Deborah Mazzone Dr. Heinrich Medicus Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Older Joseph & Patricia Potvin In Memory of Dr. Alvin K. Fossner Robert Joseph & Rosemarie Rizzo Carl & Cathy Hackert Stuart Rubinstein Mary Kay Sawyer In Memory of Allan D. Foster Patricia & Roger Swanson Mrs. Lois V. Foster Lisa Trubitt & Spiro Socaris Maryalice & Bruce Svare In Memory of Rachel Galperin Jody & John Van Voris Margaret & Robert Schalit Sharon A. Wesley Mr. Meyer J. Wolin In Memory of Jane Golub Anne & Art Young Albany Symphony Orchestra Committee

In Honor of Elaine Conway In Honor of Jerry Golub Elaine Verstandig Sara & Barry Lee Larner

In Loving Memory of Adella Cooper In Loving Memory of Roger Hannay Miss Eileen C. Jones Alan Goldberg

In Memory of Elsa deBeer In Memory of Jeffrey Herchenroder Jenny deBeer Charno Linda Anderson Jo Ann & Buzzy Hofheimer Robert Akland Susan Thompson Ann-Marie B. Barker-Schwartz Peter & Rose-Marie Ten Eyck Paula Brinkman Sarah & Patrick Carroll Elizabeth Bunday Charlotte & Charles Buchanan Joseph Demko John J. Nigro Gary & Sandy Gnirrep New York Council of Nonprofits Guilderland Central Teachers Assoc. David Scott Allen Guilderland Music Parents and Friends Greta Berkson Assoc. Mary & Tom Harowski Leif & Claudia Hartmark Mary James Kelly Hill Sally & Edward Jennings Geneva Kraus Leigh & Louis Lazaron Lynwood Elementary Susan Limeri Marybeth Maikels Ann Silverstein Sharen M. Michalec Anna Taglieri Timothy & Kathleen M. Owens Enid Watsky Jocelyn Salada Jacqueline West Farbman

In Loving Memory of Beatrice & Robert Herman In Memory of Paul Pagerey Dr. & Mrs. Neil Lempert Peter & Ruth Pagerey Louise & Larry Marwill In Loving Memory of Jim Panton In Loving Memory of F. William Joynt Bonnie & Paul Bruno Dr. & Mrs. Donald Bourque Marcia & Findlay Cockrell Nancy Goody In Memory of Petia Kassarova Mary Anne & Robert Lanni Julie & William Shapiro Drs. Marisa & Allan Eisemann Larry Waterman David Alan Miller

In Memory of Audrey Kaufmann In Memory of David Perry Judith & Herbert Katz Steven Fischer William Hughes In Memory of Louise Marshall Frederick Luddy Kimberly Arnold Richard & Anne Martula Gloria MacNeil James McGroarty & The NYCPGA Jennifer Marshall Robin Seletsky Susan Marshall Amy & Robert Sweet Ann & Mark Rogan Dawn Weinraub Beth Rosenzweig In Memory of Justine R. B. Perry In Honor of Susan Martula Dr. David A. Perry David & Tanyss Martula In Loving Memory of Vera Propp In Loving Memory of Dr. Heinrich Medicus Dr. Richard Propp Carol & Ronald Bailey Paul & Bonnie Bruno In Honor of Carole Rasmussen Elsa deBeer Elizabeth Williams Alan Goldberg Harry G. Taylor In Honor of Nancy & Barry Richman Jan & Lois Dorman In Honor of David Alan Miller Lois & Barry Scherer In Memory of Felix Shapiro Susan St. Amour Jacqueline & Paul Shapiro

In Honor of Miranda, Elias, and Ari Miller In Memory of Merle Winn Bonnie Friedman & Gerald Miller George Glikes & Rose Leahy Glikes Susan Lynch In Honor of Candida R. Moss Lynne Nisoff Marcia & Robert Moss Andrew Obernesser Susan & Robert Obernesser In Memory of Marcia Nickerson Doris Freedman Pock Philip & Penny Bradshaw Mary Kay Sawyer Irene Wynnyczuk Elaine Verstandig In Loving Memory of Don B. O’Connor Helen J. O’Connor In Memory of Nancy Winn In Honor of Anne Older Merle Winn Shannon Older-Amodeo & Matthew Amodeo

FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

The Albany Symphony is deeply grateful to the foundations, corporations, and government agencies whose ongoing support ensures the vitality of our orchestra. This list represents gifts received during the period between July 1, 2019- January 7, 2021.

$100,000+ $5,000+ Empire State Development Alice M. Ditson Fund Capital Region Economic AllSquare Wealth Management, LLC Development Council Atlas Wealth Management Barry Alan Gold Memorial Fund $50,000+ Beekman 1802 New York State Council on the Arts Berkshire Bank Vanguard-Albany Symphony Café Capriccio CDPHP $25,000+ Galesi Group Aaron Copland General Electric Fund for Music The Hershey Family Fund Faith Takes Hugh Johnson Advisors, LLC Family Foundation Mohawk Honda League of American Orchestras New Music USA National Endowment for the Arts Omni Development Company Nigro Companies Pearl Grant Richmans Rivers Casino $10,000+ Stewart’s Shops Amphion Foundation Upstate Coalition for a Fairgame Averill Park Education Foundation The Bender Family Foundation $2,500+ Fenimore Asset Management, Inc. Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust GE Foundation BST and Co. CPAs, LLP. Hannay Reels, Inc. CAP COM Federal Howard & Bush Foundation Credit Union Lucille A. HeroldCharitable Trust Capital Bank May K. Houck Foundation Charles R. Wood Foundation M & T Charitable Foundation Discover Albany Nielsen Associates Ellis Medicine The John D. Picotte Hippo’s Family Foundation Hudson River Bank & Trust Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation LaCorte Companies, Inc. Sano-Rubin Construction McNamee Lochner Titus and Williams, P.C. Stuyvesant Plaza MVP Health Care The Swyer Companies/ The Peckham Family Foundation Stuyvesant Plaza The Robison Family Foundation Carl E. Touhey Foundation Schuyler Companies William Gundry Broughton Sequence Development Charitable Private Foundation The David and Sylvia Teitelbaum Fund,Inc. Wells Fargo Advisors Wine and Dine for the Arts

$1,500+ $1,000+ Albany Chefs’ Food & Wine Festival Adirondack Trust Insurance/Amsure City of Amsterdam Albany Medical Center Dawn Homes Management Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Firestone Family Foundation John Fritze Jr., Jeweler Lia Infiniti Metroland Business Machines, Inc. National Grid Pioneer Bank NBT Bank Nolan and Heller, LLP Repeat Business Systems Inc. Whiteman Osterman and Hanna LLP

ENCORE SOCIETY To keep orchestral music alive in our community, and to ensure that future generations experience the joy, please consider joining the Albany Symphony Encore Society.

Gifts of all sizes make it possible for the Albany Symphony to maintain our tradition of artistic excellence and innovation and community engagement for generations to come.

There are many options to make a planned gift to the Albany Symphony that enable anyone to leave a legacy of music: - Charitable bequests, including charitable remainder trusts - IRA or 401(k) beneficiary designation - Gifts of life insurance or appreciated stocks - A bequest in a will of living trust

To learn more about the Encore Society, please contact: Sophie Moss Director of Development (518) 465-4755 x144 [email protected]

We invite you to create your own legacy and join the following members of Encore Society:

Anonymous Steve Lobel Matthew Bender IV Dr. Heinrich Medicus Melody Bruce, MD Marcia Nickerson Charlotte & Charles Buchanan John I. Riley Adella S. Cooper Harry Rutledge Susan Thompson & Al De Salvo Gretchen A. & Lewis C Rubenstein Marisa Eisemann, MD Ruth Ann Sandstedt David Emanatian Rachel & Dwight Smith Alan P. Goldberg Harriet & Edward Thomas Edward M. Jennings Micheileen J. Treadwell William Harris & Holly Katz Paul Wing Charles Liddle III ABOUT THE ALBANY SYMPHONY... The Albany Symphony is one of this region’s most revered music and cultural institutions, having won numerous national awards for its adventurous concert programming, recording projects, composer residencies, and innovative educational efforts involving area schools throughout the region. As the premier professional orchestra based in the Capital Region, the Albany Symphony enriches a broad and diverse regional community in upstate New York, Western Massachusetts, and Southern Vermont.

OUR MISSION... The Albany Symphony Orchestra celebrates our living musical heritage. Through brilliant live performances, innovative educational programming, and engaging cultural events, the Albany Symphony enriches a broad & diverse regional community. By creating, recording, and disseminating the music of our time, the Albany Symphony is establishing an enduring artistic legacy that is reshaping the nation’s musical future.

OUR CORE VALUES…

• The power of music to transform perspectives and lives • Excellence in performance, education, and in the audience experience • Championing both our musical heritage and the music and composers of our time • Playing a vital cultural, economic, and social role in our community • Diverse perspectives

OUR VISION… To transform the lives of all people of the Capital Region through the power of music.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES…

• Provide bold, meaningful, and superb experiences through music • Enrich and celebrate the people and history of the Capital Region • Champion the music of our time and its creators in innovative ways • Ensure the Albany Symphony is serving the community through its 100th anniversary (2030) and beyond

EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION TASK FORCE CHARTER Incorporating equity, diversity, and inclusion best practices in all aspects of the Albany Symphony is a strategic priority to ensure the organization’s longevity and its service to the community.

• A diversity of perspectives creates better art and a better dialogue about art. • Creating inclusive environments helps us to better serve and represent our community. • EDI-friendly environments lead to better business outcomes and financial success.

We at the Albany Symphony stand in solidarity with communities of color against the systemic racism that has created an everyday reality of intolerance, inequity, and violence for many people across the nation and in our community. We support the right of individuals and communities to engage in peaceful protest and add our voice to call attention to the horrific death of George Floyd and the pattern of racial injustice that has become tragically all too familiar.

Anna Kuwabara, Executive Director | David Alan Miller, Music Director | Jerry Golub, Board Chair